Balancing Relationships and Coaching: The Key to Success
Balancing Relationships and Coaching: The Key to Success
Yeah I I I think one of the great Balances for coaches to figure out is How do you Balance being close with the players and Having a really good relationship of Being trusting and loving but at the Same time you're not their best friend Right being and and it's something that I like when I was a I was 25 when I was The tight end Coach at Arizona State my My starting tight end was Curtis Hodes Plays for the commanders who's 23 um so You could have had guys on your roster That were older than you yeah I mean it Was tough yeah exactly like there there Were there were there were guys that Were my age and um and it was there were Guys your recruiting class lot of Ross Exactly it's it was an interesting Dynamic and um you know the reason I got That job was because of that was because Of the relationships I had and because I Could recruit and players wanted to come Play for me because it was like I want To go play for the young tight ends Coach that and I could go get those Players to come um but at the same time Herm Edwards used to always say to me he Would always say you can't be their Friend you can't be their friend you Can't be their friend